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ATMN Episode: W. Scott McAndless-Retelling the Bible

Friends, this time we get to talk to a new friend, W. Scott McAndless. W. Scott McAndless is an ordained minister with the Presbyterian Church in Canada. He lives and works in Cambridge, Ontario in Canada. About a decade ago, Scott wrote and published the book “Caesar’s Census, God’s Jubilee,” which offered a new interpretation of the nativity story as told in the Gospel of Luke. As a part of…

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Call Him Here

The gatekeepers of this world stand proud, haughty, wielding power to keep their authority absolute. They keep people deemed unworthy, outside, marginalized, and unless you meet their strict criteria, you too become one of the shunned. Filled with ideas of propriety and decorum, the gatekeepers dictate when hoops you must jump through, what rules you must follow, and how you must act. Don’t be…

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Losing Your Life

 It took me a long time to admit I wasn’t evangelical anymore. My theology was shifting—on days with exceptional clarity, I saw it had already shifted—further and further away from what I had had been taught was orthodox. I didn’t take the Bible completely literal anymore, let alone hold on to Sola Scriptura (the belief that the Christian scriptures were the sole source of faith and practice).…

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ATMN with Kerlin Richter- Polyamory and the Church

Hello friends! Today, we’re talking to a new friend, Kerlin Richter. Kerlin is a blue-haired ex-priest who talks about sex and other stuff too. website: ⁠https://kerlinrichter.com/ Friends, The Book of Common Words is 100% reader supported. Here we explore the Christian spirituality of being human through podcast, poetry, and prose about my life, art, and the Christian faith. If you would…

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Eat This Flesh

I used to lead worship. What I mean by that is I used to be responsible for the music portion of the service or bible study or event at church. For years, I carefully curated (and sometimes crafted) songs to help people praise and worship God. I don’t know how exactly to describe what worship is without using church language. Church language is kind of embedded in the Christian idea of worship.…

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The Anxiety of God

I wonder if God get's anxious. I know how much anxiety I have about God.

I wonder if God ever gets anxious. Like not worried or nervous, but anxious. It’s that gut-wrenching feeling, the pit in your stomach, the racing heart, reticulating thoughts, shallow breath, “Oh God, am I going to die” feeling of a panic attack. Ya, that anxiety. It might seem silly to think of divinity as having a panic attack, but still, I wonder. I mean, Jesus seemed to have (at very…

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How To Breathe While Drowning

I despair. It’s not that anything major is wrong. My health is relatively good. My family is mostly happy. I have what I need. My car works. All the things that would constitute a crisis are going ok. I can’t say great—who can say great with any sense of security or certainty—because there are things that are wrong. My wife’s health has a seemingly unsolvable problem of pain. There is random…

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ATMN Podcast: Matt Tebbe - Mammon

Friends, welcome to The Book of Common Words, where we explore the Christian spirituality of being human through podcast, poetry, and prose about my life, art, and the Christian faith. I’m your writer, Aaron. This publication is 100% reader supported. Thanks for joining me in this exploration. Friends, We’re talking to a new(ish) friend Matt Tebbe. Matt Tebbe is an Episcopal Priest in…

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ATMN Podcast Episode: Micah Belong- We Belong To Each Other

Friends, welcome to The Book of Common Words, where we explore the Christian spirituality of being human through podcast, poetry, and prose about my life, art, and the Christian faith. I’m your writer, Aaron. This publication is 100% reader supported. Thanks for joining me in this exploration. This week, we get to talk to Micha Belong. Micah is a queer leftist minister who was raised in a…

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The Mystery of Relationship

Friends, welcome to The Book of Common Words, where we explore the Christian spirituality of being human through podcast, poetry, and prose about my life, art, and the Christian faith. I’m your writer, Aaron. This publication is 100% reader supported. Thanks for joining me in this exploration. As Christians, we believe in a mystery. The Eastern Orthodox Bishop and Theologian Kallistos Ware put…

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ATMN Episode: Marc Schelske-Kenotic Love

New podcast episode! Come listen!

Friends, welcome to The Book of Common Words, where we explore the Christian spirituality of being human through podcast, poetry, and prose about my life, art, and the Christian faith. I’m your writer, Aaron. This publication is 100% reader supported. Thanks for joining me in this exploration. This week, we’re talking to my friend, Marc Alan Schelske. Marc Alan Schelske is a happily recovering…

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Praying Around

Ne post on the Book of Common prayer about praying my Rosary.

Friends, welcome to The Book of Common Words, where we explore the Christian spirituality of being human through podcast, poetry, and prose about my life, art, and the Christian faith. I’m your writer, Aaron. This publication is 100% reader supported. Thanks for joining me in this exploration. It takes me about twenty minutes to pray my rosary. I don’t pray it the traditional way. I’ve…

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ATMN Podcast Episode: Chris EW Green- God Doesn't Belong To Us

Friends, welcome back to All Things Made New. This episode, we get to hear from Chris EW Green. Chris EW Green is professor of public theology at Southeastern University in Lakeland FL and Bishop of the Diocese of St Anthony. He’s the author most recently of The Fire and the Cloud: A Biblical Christology, the second in a theological trilogy.  Substack: ⁠https://cewgreen.substack.com/⁠ The Book…

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Podcast Episode: Brandon Rhodes-Hyperlocal Spirituality

Friends, welcome to The Book of Common Words, where we explore the Christian spirituality of being human through podcast, poetry, and prose about my life, art, and the Christian faith. I’m your writer, Aaron. This publication is 100% reader supported. Thanks for joining me in this exploration. Brandon Rhodes- Hyperlocal Spirituality Friends, welcome to All Things Made New, a podcast exploring…

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Eucharist Power

Friends, welcome to The Book of Common Words, where we explore the Christian spirituality of being human through podcast, poetry, and prose about my life, art, and the Christian faith. I’m your writer, Aaron. This publication is 100% reader supported. Thanks for joining me in this exploration. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Growing up, I went camping quite often. I…

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Podcast Episode: Brandon Johnson- Words Matter

All new episode of All Things Made New! Brandon Johnson is our guest, and we talk about words and his translation project, the LIT Bible.

Friends, welcome to The Book of Common Words, where we explore the Christian spirituality of being human through podcast, poetry, and prose about my life, art, and the Christian faith. I’m your writer, Aaron. This publication is 100% reader supported. Thanks for joining me in this exploration. Friends, welcome to All Things Made New. This week we get to talk again to my good friend, Brandon…

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(Not) Talking About God

New essay up on The Book of Common Words. I'm exploring the question, what is the meaning of God in this hurting world.

Friends, welcome to The Book of Common Words, where we explore the Christian spirituality of being human through podcast, poetry, and prose about my life, art, and the Christian faith. I’m your writer, Aaron. This publication is 100% reader supported. Thanks for joining me in this exploration. I spill a lot of words talking about God. Trying to understand God, to make sense of the source of…